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Earldom

Earldom, the seigniory of an earl; the title and dignity of an earl. The dignity or jurisdiction of an earl, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 525.

Hereditaments

48) is the following:-Rents, services, tithes, commons, and other profits in alieno solo, pensions, offices, franchises, liberties, villains, dignities. But Blackstone enumerates ten principal kinds:-Advowsons, tithes, commons, ways, offices, dignities, franchises, corodies or pensions, annuities, and rents,

Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect

on a motion to inquire into the alleged misconduct and find out whether such conduct was derogatory, to dignity of the House and inconsistent with the standards expected of a member, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N.

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Cathedral

a seat], the church of the bishop and head of the diocese, in which is his seat of dignity. The Cathedral Acts and Measures are 3 & 4 Vict. c. 113, 4 & 5 Vict. c. 39,

Chief, tenants in

in, persons who held their lands immediately under the king (in capite), in right of his Crown and dignity, 2Bl. Com. 60.

Cinque Ports

of his Admiralty jurisdiction and certain other rights. The office of Lord Warden is still one of great dignity, and is always held by some person of eminence.

Clerical work

Clerical work, ordinarily implies stereotype work without power of control or dignity or initiative or creativeness, Sonepat Co-op. Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Ajit Singh, (2005) 3 SCC 232.

Bribe

Geo. 5, c. 72), makes illegal any gift of money to assist in securing a title of a dignity or of honour. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to pervert the

Court

and testimony, and they have power to fine and imprison; or not of record, being courts of inferior dignity, and in a less propesense the King's Courts--and these are not entrusted by law with any power to

Constitution

stock of the vast socio-economic problems, particularly, of improving the lot of the common man consistent with his dignity and the unity of the nation, His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru v. State of Kerala, (1973) 4 SCC

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